The new study adds to a mountain of evidence that autism is genetic, with up to 80 percent of cases linked to inherited gene ...

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Alexandra Miller to our Scientific Advisory Board,” said Amir F. Heshmatpour, Executive ...

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

A deformed human skull discovered over thirty years ago in central China is now upending what researchers believed they ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 ...

Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

Researchers used sophisticated scanning and digital reconstruction techniques to determine the original shape of the skull, ...

Stanford study finds rapid brain cell evolution boosted human cognition but lowered autism gene activity, raising vulnerability.

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 ...

New research on the size relationship between brains and wisdom teeth suggests that bigger brains aren’t necessarily the ...